Washington lobbying firm that worked for Trump advisers registers as foreign agents

Ukrainian
President Petro Poroshenko attends a news conference following a
EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels, Belgium, November 24,
2016.Reuters/Francois
Lenoir

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington lobbying firm that worked under
the direction of two former Trump campaign advisers has
registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent. The
firm said its work could have benefited the Ukrainian government.

The Podesta Group's cited details of lobbying it performed from
2012 through 2014 on behalf of the European Centre for a Modern
Ukraine. The firm reported being paid more than $1.2 million for
the effort.

The disclosure follows reporting by the AP in August that the
firm of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and his
deputy, Rick Gates, who served in a senior role in the Trump
campaign, had overseen the lobbying effort. The effort sought to
promote a pro-Russian Ukrainian political party's interests in
Washington. President Donald Trump pressured Manafort to
resign as his presidential campaign chairman immediately after
AP’s reporting.

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Washington lobbying firm that worked for Trump advisers registers as foreign agents

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Washington lobbying firm that worked under the direction of two former Trump campaign advisers has registered with the Justice Department as a foreign agent. The firm said its work could have benefited the Ukrainian government.